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<LI><em>From</em>: Marian Griffith <<A HREF="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</A>></LI>
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On Fri 21 Nov, Sauron wrote:
> Marian Griffith wrote:
> > On Wed 19 Nov, Richard Woolcock wrote:
> > > Matt Chatterley wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Mike Sellers wrote:
> > > On the mention of sexuality, I am probably going to code in a couple of
> > > Flaw - homosexual and bisexual. Not that I have anything against people
> > > of those particular persuasions, but not being able to have children
> > > (homosexual) and being able to be seduced by people of either gender
> > > (bisexual) are what I consider disadvantages.
> > This is off topic and I know I should not respond to this, but .. why?
> Because it exists? It adds more RL realism to the game and creates
> different situations and possiblities for character interactions. I
> think it would be an interesting and possibly enjoyable challenge for me
> to role play a homosexual or bisexual man.
I am sorry. I should have been more clear. I meant to ask why it should
be considered a weakness?
> > > I still don't know how I'm going to code seduction though. Hopefully the
> > > emotional responce thing will help.
> > I think this is all you can reasonably do. Otherwise you are writing a
> > story, not creating a game.
> I was always of the opinion that muds are supposed to be interactive
> stories, with the plot following the players choices.
Perhaps, but dictating your emtional responses to other characters seems
to change a game into story telling. Some hints about (relative) attrac-
tiveness as judged by the ideal image given for that character would be
about as far as I am willing to accept in a game.
Marian
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Yes - at last - You. I Choose you. Out of all the world,
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00313" HREF="msg00313.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Wed 19 Nov 1997, 08:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00317" HREF="msg00317.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 19 Nov 1997, 22:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00339" HREF="msg00339.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Fri 21 Nov 1997, 19:35 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00344" HREF="msg00344.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Sauron <a href="mailto:dlove#kusd,kusd.edu">dlove#kusd,kusd.edu</a>, Sat 22 Nov 1997, 02:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00349" HREF="msg00349.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sat 22 Nov 1997, 10:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00360" HREF="msg00360.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Sat 22 Nov 1997, 21:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00369" HREF="msg00369.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sun 23 Nov 1997, 16:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00385" HREF="msg00385.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Sun 23 Nov 1997, 22:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00382" HREF="msg00382.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Introductions and</A></strong>,
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